Episode #194 | 08.27.24
Lana Del Rey: Three Dark Stories Inspired by an American Risk-taker
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In this episode
Illicit romance. An abduction. An international manhunt. Starlets, sex appeal, and psychopaths. Sexual liberation and a scandalous story that’s almost too scandalous to talk about. These are some of the dark stories inspired by Lana Del Rey, an artist who doesn’t fit into a box, and whose music and image are as evocative and compelling as the myth she’s built around herself.
Sources
The Music of Lana Del Rey: A Gospel of Heartache (The Independent)
Lana Del Rey says 'Fucked My Way To The Top' song is commentary on public perception of her (NME)
Love letters from schoolgirl to jailed teacher Jeremy Forrest seized by guards (Mirror)
Jeremy Forrest, The Pupil-Loving Runaway Teacher, Is a Singer (Vice)
'I fled the country with my maths teacher – and sparked an international manhunt' (Cosmopolitan)
Teacher had relationship with vulnerable 15-year-old, court hears (The Guardian)
The Salacious Non-Mystery of “The Real Lolita” (New Yorker)
Legends of Catherine the Great (Wikipedia)
Lolita (Wikipedia)
The Bad and the Beautiful: Lana Turner and the murder of Johnny Stompanato (Scandalous Women)
Suitor of Lana Turner Is Killed by Her Daughter, 14, With Knife (New York Times)
Great Scot: Nobody Pushes Sean Connery Around (Rolling Stone)
Johnny Stompanato (Mafia Wiki)
In a 1958 inquest, killing of Lana Turner’s boyfriend was detailed (LA Times)
Credits
Hosted and written by Jake Brennan.
Copy edited by James Sullivan.
Scored and mixed by Matt Beaudoin.
Additional music and score elements by Ryan Spraker.
DISGRACELAND theme song, “Crenshaw Space Boogie,” written and produced by Jake Brennan. Performed by Jake Brennan, Bryce Kanzer, Jay Cannava, and Evan Kenney. Mixed and engineered by Adam Taylor.
*illustrations by Avi Spivak @avispivak